The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 32
... fuppofe Encas to reprefent Augußus Cæfar , and that his conducting the remains of his countrymen from the ruins of Troy , to a new fettlement in Italy , is an emblem of Auguftus's form- ing a new government out of the ruins of the ...
... fuppofe Encas to reprefent Augußus Cæfar , and that his conducting the remains of his countrymen from the ruins of Troy , to a new fettlement in Italy , is an emblem of Auguftus's form- ing a new government out of the ruins of the ...
Page 180
... fuppofe , that after a clergyman has made a ferious and affecting difcourfe , the clerk fhould impertinently ftart up , and with an antic gefture endeavour to diffipate and deftroy the good im- preffion his fermon had made , would you ...
... fuppofe , that after a clergyman has made a ferious and affecting difcourfe , the clerk fhould impertinently ftart up , and with an antic gefture endeavour to diffipate and deftroy the good im- preffion his fermon had made , would you ...
Page 207
... fuppofe it a repetition cf the fame political fcheme , which he had employed in the fecond book , to fee how the army ftood affected to him , and to avoid reproach , in cafe their efforts against the Trojans were un- fuccefsful ; but as ...
... fuppofe it a repetition cf the fame political fcheme , which he had employed in the fecond book , to fee how the army ftood affected to him , and to avoid reproach , in cafe their efforts against the Trojans were un- fuccefsful ; but as ...
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